John Droutsas
@johndroutsas.bsky.social
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These days I am retired, living in the Bay Area, happily married, fortunate to own a home and be able to live self reliantly, with some wonderful friends in my life. I swim for exercise and enjoy music, books, art and good food. My life is a great journey.
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This Saturday stand with millions of Americans against the idea that all power resides in one man—Trump’s goal. Thus No Kings! Our founding fathers’ one common goal was to have no King running the country without any checks on his power. That idea is the backbone of our democracy. It’s under attack.
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Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House called No Kings protests “hate America rallies”. Nothing could be further from the truth. These are true patriots exercising 1st Amendment rights to say we do not want dictatorship by Trump. We don’t want unneeded military troops in our cities. We want democracy.
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He never cared about the details. Just get a hostage exchange and then hope for the best. Let’s see how long the peace lasts. My hope is that it last permanently. But I am not naive. And just stoping the violence is not enough. Gaza needs help desperately. Not crazy resort dreams-food, shelter, etc.
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Trump dementia on display last night: claiming “Biden FBI” infiltrated 1/6/20 Capitol Insurrection. Trump forgot he was president that day. Of course he didn’t act like a president that day. He did nothing for hours after the attack on the Capitol started. 25th amendment applies!
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Lyrics still reverberate with relevance today.
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Koko thanks Dexter: hey cuz happy Caturday!
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No Kings Day marches are set for thousands of venues all over America one week from tomorrow. Make you voice heard and your presence felt. The bigger the protest the more we can erode Trump’s desperate power play for dictatorship. Turning the military against the people is Un American/ Undemocratic.
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One possible response from China to the new tariffs announced by Trump could be dumping US Treasury bonds, which largely prop up the national debt, leading to a bond market crisis that could send interest rates soaring just after Trump squeezed the Fed to cut rates .25%. Stupidity unbounded!
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Because enough Americans voted to return him to office despite January 6, the big lie, the threats to go after political enemies if he got reelected, the unprecedented corruption and his multitude of lies. And because the Supreme Court handed him the keys to dictatorship by its immunity ruling.
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Just as he did in April Trump has clumsily overplayed his hand at threatening China with more tariffs. Take a look at market futures across the globe. Always dump bad news on a late Friday afternoon. Anything to distract from the Epstein disgrace.
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It just deepens suspicion that there must be a smoking gun in those files aimed directly at Trump. Why else all the obstruction over the Epstein files?
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And don’t let the door hit that fat ugly ass on the way out.
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Trump wants Governor Pritzker in jail. If that isn’t the fat pot calling the kettle black I don’t know what is?
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The reason Mike Johnson won’t swear in Adelina Grijalva D-Arizona is that it would open the door to releasing the Epstein files and expose Trump as either a pedophilia protector or one himself or both. This is an outrageous slap to the face of democracy. Public pressure is needed.
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Trump wants the military to go after the “enemy within”. Chilling words. If our military truly wants to protect our country from the enemy within start with Trump. His treason on January 6 remains beyond reasonable doubt. Our military takes an oath to uphold our constitution, not any one president.
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Maybe Hungary. Argentina?
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Koko says hi to Mochi! Could be siblings.